Letty Lang is a suffragist of the most fearless kind, with a bullwhip, big dreams, and ancient powers she doesn't understand. Can she save her lover from her own lethal passions?
Banished to boarding school to tame her wild temper, Letty Liliuokalani Lang returns home to Hawaii, bringing her devotion to animals with her. She'll be among the first female veterinarians in histroy- remarkable in 1909 when women still cannot vote.
With one mad leao into the ocean to save a horse, Letty sets another destiny in motion. She is a "mahaka", a Gate to the healing fires of the land, her beloved 'aina. alaetty must learn to harness the ancient power that lives within her, fueled by her connection to the islands. But the price is steep. Her inner flame burns hot- hot enough that her kisses can actually kill, a precarious inconvenience since the horse's owner, Timothy Rowley, lights another kind of fire.
Can Letty learn to command her power in pursuit of her passion, or is the danger of love too great.
Smith Publicity sent this ARC to me to review on all of my social platforms. I was intrigued going in, and after reading the press/media information they sent me, but unfortunately I didn't really "vibe" with it.
Don't get me wrong, the elements of history and the romance were fun to read, but it differed extremely from what I would normally pick up on the shelves. I just found myself having a hard time getting through it. i just found that with my busy schedule, it wasn't one of those books where I was EXTREMELY motivated to pick it up, but that isn't the book's fault. I don't ever think that "bad books" exist on the planet, only one's that don't really work for certain individuals, and this was the case for me this time.
Something that was really interesting for me to read through was the movements in women's suffrage. I am so fascinated by the Victorian Era and so, the suffrage topic really hooked me in. I also really liked the aspect of having several women leads as characters. It's really refreshing and you don't see that much in books. I don't think I've ever read a book about an aspiring veterinarian either, so that was also very new and different for me. I liked that aspect very much.
I saw several wonderful reviews on this book, and people seemed to really like it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea.
Thanks to Smith Publicity for sending me a copy and allowing me the chance to broaden my horizons in the world of literature.
Until next time...
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